An evaluation of information behaviour studies through the Scholarly Capital Model |
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| Authors: | Faramarz Soheili Ali Akbar Khasseh Afshin Mousavi Chelak Mohammad Tavakolizadeh‐Ravari |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Library and Information Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Library and Information Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Influence and capital are two concepts used to evaluate scholarly outputs, and these can be measured using the Scholarly Capital Model as a modelling tool. The tool looks at the concepts of connectedness, venue representation, and ideational influence using centrality measures within a social network. This research used co‐authorships and h‐indices to investigate authors who have published papers in the field of information behaviour between 1980 and 2015 as extracted from Web of Science. The findings show a relationship between the authors’ connectedness and the venue (journal) representation. It could be seen that the venue (journal) influences the chance of citation, and equally, the prestige (centrality) of authors probably raises the citations of the journals. The research also shows a significant positive relationship between the venue representation and ideational influence. This means that a research work that is published in a highly cited journal will find more visibility and will receive more citations. |
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